As a senior who just ended my last year of Marching Band in high School I will say that not even I consider it a sport. That doesn't mean it is easy either though, I do other sports along side of Marching Band, and it is more physically demanding than even some of them. Mainly Football, believe or not but Marching Band (at least in my school) is a lot more difficult to do than football.

I run cross country. That takes serious endurance and practice, running several hours a day, yet there are no offensive or defensive teams. Its all based on the combined skill of everyone the entire time.

Video gaming is a competitive activity, getting ahead in the work-place is a competitive activity, shopping on Black Friday is a competitive activity. Competition isn't the only thing that makes a sport a sport.

Playing piano must be a sport then too.
You have to position yourself JUST right to do it correctly, and if you go too fast you might even sprain yourself.
There's a lot of different ways to play, and people range their abilities. Some people can't do what other people do.

dont get me wrong cheerleading is hard as ****, but i dont consider it a sport, to me a sport is something where the scoring is definite, like in hockey if you put the puck in the net its always one goal, or in baseball if a player makes it around the bases its one run, in cheerleading the same judge could see the same exact routine on different days and give different scores, again cheerleading is hard as hell but i see it as a competition and not a sport....just my two cents on the issue

Thank you for defining this. I hate how people incorporate dog shows, equestrian shows, spelling bees, synchronized swimming as well as ballet. All of which can not define a winner without someone judging or having just straight pure-bred, or good memorizing skills. I see to it that there is a physical need. Time constraints.

I consider racing and point earning, physical contact (like jousting or sparing), or KO's (like wrestling and boxing). As a best way to say who wins. These are really true sports imo

I agree with you, but referees also make a huge difference. A decision for say, a penalty kick vs. an inderect kick can make every difference in a game, and it's all up to the ref, just like in cheerleading.

Again: I do not think its a sport. There's no objective (eg. get the ball in the net)

no not necessarily in track the person who crosses the finish line will always finish first and in shot put the person who throws it the farthest will always win it doesn't need to be a scoring system just a consistent system

that score is from judges, like i said the same exact performance could get a different score from the same judges on different days, it is not a consistent scoring system so i consider it a competition

The thing is, there's more severe injuries in Cheer-leading than any other high school "sport", primarily BECAUSE it's not considered a sport. The sheer fact that it's not considered a sport makes it 6 times more dangerous than the second most dangerous High school level sport.

Cheer-leading is Gymnastics replacing the huge blue pads with either hard Wood, or Cement. Occasionally Grass, and rarely very thin pads that do nothing to help.